Manchester City v Swansea: Squad sheets

4-0, 4-1, 5-0, 7-0, 5-2, 6-0, 4-2: scores registered by Manchester City on their own turf this season to chill Michael Laudrup's Swansea City as they arrive at the Etihad Stadium. Or maybe not: the urbane Dane already has a trophy – last season's Capital One Cup – and a burgeoning reputation as the brightest of managerial talents whose team play the carpet-football admired by aficionados. If he can successfully plot to claim even one point to halt City's so far perfect record of five league wins before their own crowd then Laudrup will add a further feather to his cap. Jamie Jackson